sworn
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- 8
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- 9
- Letters
- 5
/swɔːn/
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/swɔːn/ · /swɔɹn/ · /swo(ː)ɹn/ · /swoən/
Definition of sworn
4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
verb
- (form-of, participle, past)past participle of swear
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verb
- (form-of, participle, past)past participle of swear
adj
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(not-comparable)Given or declared under oath.
“His sworn statement convinced the judge.”
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(not-comparable)Bound as though by an oath.
“I'm sworn to secrecy.”
“Swum ashore, man, like a duck. I can swim like a duck, I'll be sworn.”
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(not-comparable)Ardent, devout.
“a sworn foe”
“a sworn socialist”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English sworen, isworen, from Old English sworen, ġesworen, from Proto-West Germanic *swaran, *giswaran, from Proto-Germanic *swaranaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *swarjaną (“to swear”), equivalent to swear + -en.
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